	Parsonage Colliery	Index	Parsonage Colliery

Parsonage Colliery

Location:	West Leigh 5½ miles [9 km] SE of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD651005, 53° 29' 59" N, 2° 31' 34" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
Output:	1948 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Iron Pyrites.
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 160 (85 below, 75 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 1,548 (1,261 below, 287 surface)
	1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 1,660 (1,345 below, 315 surface)
	1947 - 1,390 (1,098 below, 292 surface)
	1948 - 1,343 (1,062 below, 281 surface)
	1950 - 1,409 (1,104 below, 305 surface)
	1954 - 1,207 (937 below, 270 surface)
Seams Worked:	1948 - Arley, Bickershaw Seven Feet, Crombrouke, Trencherbone
	1950 - Arley, Bickershaw Seven Feet (discontinued), Crombrouke, Peacock, Rams, Trencherbone
	1954 - Peacock, Rams
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Atherton, P., 18 Sep 1923, aged 45, Brick fell from gantry onto skull
						Cannon, Terrance, 16 Feb 1926, aged 30, Bruised finger whilst loading, died from septic poisoning
						Carpenter, Frank, 18 Dec 1928, aged 58, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof
						Cope, Samuel, 07 Jan 1884, aged 66, Miner, Rope coming out of the coupling socket as they were riding down engine brow, 4 others hurt [More information ...]
						Cox, John, 06 Jan 1925, (accident: 30 Dec 1924, 9.10 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 46, Collier, Fall of coal — fractured arm. Died 6th Jan. 1925 [More information ...]
						Cunningham, Lawrence, 18 Oct 1927, aged 28, Dataller, Died from natural causes
						Holding, John, 07 Jan 1884, aged 46, Miner, Rope coming out of the coupling socket as they were riding down engine brow, 4 others hurt [More information ...]
						Lawrenson, Fernley, 31 Dec 1929, (accident: 18 Aug 1929), aged 54, Contractors man, Strained himself lifting a tram. Died 31st Dec
						Lawrenson, Henry, 15 Aug 1929, aged 54, Strained himself whilst lifting a bar
						Lowe, William, 13 Jan 1882, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof he was taking down
						Mathias, William, 20 Jun 1929, aged 45, Assistant onsetter, Crushed between roof of cage and sheets
						Meadows, William, 04 Apr 1923, aged 43, Piece of scaffolding fell on his head
						Slater, Jacob, 07 Nov 1882, aged 58, Miner, Drift from face when taking down
						Ward, William, 06 Jul 1928, aged 47, Collier, Crushed by tubs — internal injuries
						Woodward, William J., 23 Dec 1926, aged 38, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal
						Wyer, Edward, 06 Sep 1939, aged 62, Engine winder, Stepped off ladder and fell into cellar and killed

						16 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

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Credits

Sources:

1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Lancashire and North Wales Division (No. 5) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian